Events

On the 14th of March at 6:30pm,  Love Your Brain partners Early Onset Parkinson's Ireland will host a talk by Pharmacist Aisling Kerr on Teams.

For more details about the talk go to www.eopd.ie

Drink Tea for MND is one of our biggest and most popular events of the year and it is taking place this March.

If you would like to support MND community and host a Drink Tea for MND this March, why not get in touch! You will be helping over 400 families right across Ireland affected by Motor Neurone Disease.

For more information or to register for Drink Tea for MND today and make a real difference, please visit www.imnda.ie

If you can’t organise a tea event but would like to help, you can text MND to 50300.

From 6th to 11th March 2023,  Love Your Brain Partner Creative Brain Week will organize Creative Programme which includes music, performance, visual art exhibitions, interventions and installations to demonstrate the creative brain in action.

The exhibition is free and booking is not required.

For more information, visit  bit.ly/3m5dVbE

Imagination as bridge between Conflict to Joy.

From the Aesthetics of Care to the Neuroscience of Emotion.

How do people know we can do better?

Where does that capacity reside in the brain?

How is it revealed in practice?

We encourage online and in person interaction with the discussions – book now and be part of it.

Date and time - Wed, March 8, 2023, 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM 

Tickets are free but for the in person event we have limited capacity.

The purpose of this series is to address brain health and related STEM in an educational context. The intended audience includes primary and post primary teachers, special needs assistants, parents and the wider community. 

WEBINAR DATES

Strategies for Maintaining Neurological Health - 13th of March

The Human Brain, Structure, Function and Genetics - 20th of March 

Epilespy in an Educational Context - 27th of March 

Concussion and Compression in an Educational Context - 25th of April

All webinars start at 7 p.m.

Are you ready to Bake for Brain Injury this month?

Get ready to raise some dough and support the work of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland and help bake the world a better place!

Organise a Bake for Brain Injury event to raise funds that will make a difference to brain injury survivors.

Host a Bake during National Brain Awareness Week March 13th-19th or any other date that works for you.

Sign up now and get your Bake for Brain Injury fundraising pack. Register HERE

A talk on Employment Rights by practising barrister Lorraine Lally, is taking place during Brain awareness week on Monday 13th March at 7pm, online via Zoom.  This event will be of interest to both people with epilepsy and their families. Employers are also welcome to attend.

To register, please follow the link below.

https://www.epilepsy.ie/content/employment-rights-information-session-13323

Headway Ballincollig is holding an art exhibition for Brain Awareness Week! 

The theme of the show centers around Sharing our Stories.

Art has a way of communicating on a deep level and the work of these talented artists clearly conveys their resilience, strength, and passion. Most of the artists have discovered their love of creativity following their ABI and in the years since have explored through artistic expression. Each artwork is as unique as the person who created it.

When: March 13-19th

On Monday March 13th from 11am to 12pm, NAI will officially launch Brain Awareness Week with an on online, webinar event: ‘Invest In Your Own Brain Health’

Guest Speaker: Dr Sabina Brennan, Health Psychologist, Neuroscientist and author of two Irish Times No 1 Bestsellers (100 Days to a Younger Brain and Beating Brain Fog)

This webinar is free and open to all.

Register your place today HERE

A beautiful morning to show our appreciation for Local Community support, make new friends and enjoy some lovely music and food. 

Date/time: 11.00a.m. - 1.30p.m / 14th March 2023

Venue: The SBHI Open Opportunity Day Service - Castleknock

Point of contact for more details: Aisling Nic Eochaidh @ 087 1190 100

Go to www.sbhi.ie for more details

Move4Parkinson's  will organise the Open Day Exercise & Movement to Irish Music at Castleknock Community Centre Laurel Lodge on Wednesday 15th March 2023, at 4:00 pm.

Refreshments will be served. Please call 012950060 or email info@moveparkinsons.com for more information.

The Neurology Support Centre will be joined by Shane Hayes, Sports Inclusion Development Officer from the Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership for our 'Exercise for a healthy brain and body' event at 10am on Wednesday 15th March followed by a coffee morning for members and guests.

For more information or to attend the event please email info@neurologysc.ie

The Importance of Exercise, Movement and the Arts on our Brain - Learning all about the effect exercise, movement and the arts has on one's Brain followed by a one-hour training session in an inclusive form of Taekwondo and an interactive Drama Therapy session. 

Date/time: 10.30a.m. - 1.30p.m / 15th March 2023

Venue: The SBHI Open Opportunity Day Service - Castleknock

Point of contact for more details: Aisling Nic Eochaidh @ 087 1190 100

Visit www.sbhi.ie for more details.

Appreciation Morning - St. Patrick's Day Celebration - A day to celebrate our culture and share with other cultures. Bringing Communities together for Spina Bfida!

Date/time: 11.00a.m. - 1.30p.m / 15th March 2023

Venue: The SBHI Open Opportunity Day Service - Castleknock

Point of contact for more details: Aisling Nic Eochaidh @ 087 1190 100

Visit www.sbhi.ie for more details

Online talk by Dr. Shane Lyons, Movement Disorder Research Fellow
Tallaght University Hospital & Dublin Neurological Institute.

Suitable for both public and professional involved in the diagnosis or care of anyone PSP and CBD

Date: 15th March 2023  
Time:  7pm to 8pm

Book by 14th March by email to info @pspaireland.ie

Did you know that chronic pain is a common feature of many neurological conditions?

Join Love Your Brain partners Chronic Pain Ireland for a live online event where you will learn more about ASpida and take part in a short evidence based exercise on how to recognise stigma in your daily life.

Date: 16th March 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. online

Link to join this Brain Awareness Week event: https://bit.ly/3SHnzxt

Recognizing and Coping with Stigma: A silent enemy with Dr Vasilis Vasiliou and Research team from the School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork. Living with chronic pain we regularly experience stigma, but what do we mean by that? 

Laoise has been struggling to understand what makes her feel tense whenever had to talk to her bosses. She had to always explain to them the reasons for abstaining from work, due to the chronic pain. Yet, she was always getting back a sense of "not feeling believed" or doubting herself. This is a typical example of stigma.

The Neurology Support Centre will be relaunching our Butterfly Swim event where we will be asking you to 'Take a dip and post a pic' on St. Patrick's Day, or any day during Brain Awareness Week.

Whether you have access to the sea or a lake, a pool, or a puddle, you can take a dip, post your picture on social media, and make a donation to our iDonate Butterfly Swim fundraising page at  https://bit.ly/41LP79b

Bloomfield Hospital together with the Huntington’s Disease Association of Ireland will host a HD Café evening for people impacted by Huntington’s disease on Monday 20th March at 7pm.

For further details contact HDAI: info@huntingtons.ie

The Huntington’s Disease UK and Ireland Alliance will host a Family Voices webinar

“In conversation with Astri Arnesen, President, European Huntington’s Association” on Thursday 23 March at 7pm. 

Register you place HERE

The Huntington’s Disease Association of Ireland will host a support meeting followed by lunch in Cork city centre on Saturday March 25th from 11am for people impacted by Huntington’s disease.

Book your seat by emailing us at: info@huntingtons.ie